A Service Summary Report for 6th North SS Division Member; Aldinger was born in Fellbach on March 5th, 1922. He worked as a carpenter and was unmarried. He joined the SS in April 1940, and was officially sworn in to the 6th Division “North” on May 25th, 1942. He received special training with the 1.FH 18 Howitzer, the Kl-5 Pistol, the MG34, the Machine Pistol, 98K Rifle, and Stalk Hand Grenade. In June 1941 he was engaged in battle around the fortifications of Salla in the far north. He spent the rest of the war engaged in skirmishes and defensive battles in northern Finland and Karelia in Russia. On March 28th, 1943he suffered a contusion to his left knee and injured his meniscus. For that he was awarded a Wound Badge in Black. He was also awarded an Eastern Front Medal.
In April of 1941 he was promoted to the rank of Sturmmann, and 7 months later he was made an Unterscharfuhrer. His service summary was written and notarized in the field on August 1st, 1943

A group of documents and photos belonging to Georg Riess, DLV/Luftwaffe Pilot; award document for SS-Fliegerabzeichen (21cm x 18cm, or 8x 6 inches), dated 5 January 1932, signed in ink by by Fuhrer der SS - Flieger Eduard Ritter von Schleich, folded, very fine condition - an extremely rare document; DLV Flying pass of Riess, with his uniform photo, dated 1933, in fine condition; DLV Flugbuch (flying book) of Riess, with his uniform photo, dated 1934, stained, in good condition; his ID/booklet for National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise (German: Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen, abbreviated NSRL), with his uniform photo, very fine; two more passes of his; and three photos of his, in good condition.

Footnote: Eduard Ritter von Schleich (August 9, 1888 – November 15, 1947), né Eduard-Maria Joseph Schleich was a high scoring Bavarian flying ace of World War I. He was credited with 35 aerial victories at the end of the war. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe as a general. Born in Munich, Bavaria to an artist his family soon moved to the spa city of Bad Tölz. After he finished school Schleich decided to enroll to a cadet program in the Bavarian Army and eventually earned a commission with the 11th Bavarian Infantry Regiment in 1909. Prior to the outbreak of World War I, Schleich was plagued with medical problems and released from active duty. He volunteered again and on 25 August 1914 was badly wounded in the Battle of Lorraine. While he was recovering from his wounds he decided to volunteer in the Royal Bavarian Air Service, and was accepted for training as an observer. After service with FEA 1 on two seaters, he applied for pilot training and qualified in September 1915, he joined FA 2b in October 1915, and in January 1916 during an observation flight, Schleich was wounded in the arm by an exploding anti-aircraft shell. Instead of returning to base, Schleich had his crewman bandage his wound while still in the air and then continued to complete his assignment. He was decorated with the Iron Cross First Class for this action. The wound meant he did not see further service until September, when he assumed command of Fliegerschule 1. He joined Jasta 21 in May 1917, and commanded the unit from June onwards. Prior to his leadership, Jasta 21 had a lacklustre combat record and low morale, but under Oberleutnant von Schleich within a month the Jasta had downed 36 enemy aircraft, 19 credited to Schleich personally. When his best friend on the Jasta, Leutnant Erich Limpert was killed in a dogfight, Schleich ordered his plane to be painted all black. This black plane soon led to Schleich being dubbed 'The Black Knight'. Ongoing Prussian and Bavarian political arguments over a non-prussian commanding a Prussian fighter unit caused a new Bavarian Jasta to be formed and Schleich was reassigned to command Jasta 32 in October 1917, with his tally at 25. He was awarded the Order Pour le Mérite in December, and after a spell commanding Jastaschule 1, on 15 March he took command of Jagdgruppe Nr. 8, a collection of Jastas 23, 34 and 35, in the last month of the war he commanded Jasta 21. By the war's end his score was 35. Von Schleich was briefly hospitalised in Bad Reichenhall regaining his strength after many years of combat. In 1919, he was assigned to as Inspector with the Bavarian Air Service, an aviation unit of the Bavarian State Police. In April 1919, The German Communist Party forcibly gained control of Munich, and von Schleich was marked for immediate arrest and trial. Government troops were able to oust the Communists the following month, returning Bavaria once again to the Weimar Republic. After a short stint as a pilot with the Bavarian Police, von Schleich became a liaison officer with the Army Peace Commission, responsible for the implementation of the Armistice terms. Demobilised in December 1921, von Schleich worked as a peat farmer, and later as a Lufthansa airline pilot. Leaving the airlines in 1929, he started a flying club in Munich. He joined the Nazi Party in 1931, and at the same time became a member of the SS-Fliegerstaffel, a paramilitary flying organization. He was given control of the Hitler Youth flying programmes, and promoted to General. With the creation of the Luftwaffe in 1935, von Schleich returned to military service as a Major overseeing the training of air reserve units and of dive-bombing pilots. He was then assigned to command the new Jagdgeschwader 234 in 1937. Von Schleich was promoted to Oberst and assigned to Jagdgeschwader 132 ‘Schlageter’, tasked with defending the western frontier of Germany. Re-designated in 1939 as Jagdgeschwader 26, the wing saw only limited service during the initial phases of World War II. As a Generalmajor von Schleich became the commander of the fighter pilot school (Jagdfliegerschule 5) at Wien-Schwechat, Austria in December 1939. In late 1940 when he was sent to Romania to the Luftwaffe Mission, assisting in the organization and training of the Romanian Air Force. In mid 1941 Von Schleich then became Commander of the Occupation Forces in Denmark, spending nearly two and one-half years there. Von Schleich’s final assignment was Luftwaffe Ground Forces Commander in Norway, a post he held until late 1944. The regional command was disbanded in September, nine months after von Schleich arrived. Placed onto the reserve list in mid-November, von Schleich eventually retired as a Generalleutnant. Held by British forces after the war, he died in custody on 15 November 1947, aged 59 years, from a heart condition. Von Schleich was buried in Diessen am Ammersee, near Munich.

A Wehrpass to the 13th Reserve Territorial Infantry Battalion - of Johann Zub: 52 pages, in very fine condition.
Footnote: Johann Zub was a Bohemian born gunner and welder of the Wehrmacht. He was born October 4th, 1903 in Eger, in Sudetenland. He was a citizen of the Reich, but makes note that he was previously a citizen of Czechoslovakia. He was married, catholic, and was trained to work as a mason. On November 27, 1939 he was conscripted to the army, and underwent inspection at the Military District Command Office in Mies. He had previously served in the Czechoslovakian Army in the 20s and was fluent in Czech. He wasn’t assigned to a unit until January 1942, when he was placed with the 13th Reserve Territorial Infantry Battalion of Prachatitz. He was trained with the standard 98k Rifle, but his primary function was to serve as a Welder. In 1943 he was promoted to Gefreiter, after being awarded the Military Merit Cross 2nd Class. He was also awarded the Infantry Assault Badge. In October of the same year he suffered a wound to his right hand while serving in Russia. He was also given a document to inform him to be prepared to be called up for active service, dated February 19

Item: Award/memento book for worker Karl Köngeter, 22.8 x 17 cm, 26 pp. Date of item: ca. 1938/9 Condition: very good, some signs of aging; An award book for worker Karl Köngeter that also serves as a memento for his efforts in helping to secure German borders in the late 1930s. He helped build the Siegfried line, in German better known as the “Westwall”, and was stationed in Offenburg in southern Germany near the French border. The cover shows an engraved image of an Imperial Eagle with wings spread, standing on a wreath of oak leaves with a swastika inside. The book contains several signed recognitions of the workers’ efforts, by Hitler, leader of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Labour Front) Robert Ley, Commander-in-Chief of the army Walther von Brauchitsch, and Inspector General for German Roadways Fritz Todt. It also features 14 drawings depicting scenes from the building projects. Inserted in the book is a card on which the German Labour Front wishes merry christmas to all workers of the Siegfried line. 15 x 10.5 cms.